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| From | "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage, comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage |
| Subject | Re: Is it me or are there many unreliable USB flash drives? |
| Date | 2016-10-20 15:48 +1100 |
| Message-ID | <e6r0lnFfurnU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | (1 earlier) <nu5epg$3aq$1@dont-email.me> <191020160913063207%YourName@YourISP.com> <M9udnURjA45vCZvFnZ2dnUU7-WWdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <e6oc9cFr8l9U1@mid.individual.net> <L56dnXjL1LUgZZrFnZ2dnUU7-RudnZ2d@earthlink.com> |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
Ant <ANTant@zimage.com> wrote > Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote >> >> > I think, for the industry, flash drives are seen as the new floppy. >> >> > It >> >> > doesn¹t much matter who you go with, they¹re all built to be >> >> > essentially disposable. >> >> > >> >> > That said, though, they all seem to come with a 2+ year warranty, so >> >> > you¹d be getting some nifty free refreshes if you¹re seeing failures >> >> > every year. Personally, I just buy the MicroCenter store brand in >> >> > whatever size $10 will get me, and it generally lasts until at least >> >> > the warranty runs out. It¹s not a huge expense, so I don¹t worry >> >> > too much about it. >> > >> >> USB flash drives (thumb drive, keyring drives, pen drives, memory >> >> sticks, whatever else you want to call them) and SSDs do have a >> >> limited >> >> lifespan measured in the number of write cycles ... so using them >> >> continuously (e.g. as an OS boot drive with things like virtual memory >> >> going) as Ant said can be a bit silly and cause them to "wear out" >> >> much >> >> sooner than simply using them to store files on for backup or >> >> transport. >> >> https://www.techwalla.com/articles/life-expectancy-of-a-usb-flash-drive >> >> http://www.storagecraft.com/blog/data-storage-lifespan/ >> >> http://www.flashbay.co.nz/blog/usb-life-expectancy >> > >> > The weird part is that I was still installing mac OS Sierra v10.12 >> > on these two old USB flash drives. Is that too much already? >> Yeah, much more likely that it was that that killed them. > Too much writing from it? Unlikely, that doesn't write all that much. > It didn't even finish installing and booting! > I know those USB flash drives were hot to touch. :/ Yeah, that might well be what killed them. >> > I only wanted to install and use the OS for quick tests like those >> > bootable read only live discs for OSes. :( In the past, I used these >> > USB flsah drives to copy all kinds of files (giant sizes too) to use >> > between various computers. > >> > I love flash drives for being super tiny and light to stick into my >> > wallet to carry easily! Argh. > >> Yeah, very convenient for some situations like that and moving >> movies around like I do. > > That is what I wanted to and yet they die on me. Argh!!!!! That's because of all that drunken grave dancing you get up to. You were warned, boy. You wouldn't listen....
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Re: Is it me or are there many unreliable USB flash drives? Doc O'Leary <droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com> - 2016-10-24 15:52 +0000
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Re: Is it me or are there many unreliable USB flash drives? not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2016-10-22 21:22 +0000
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Re: Is it me or are there many unreliable USB flash drives? not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2016-10-24 01:31 +0000
Re: Is it me or are there many unreliable USB flash drives? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-23 22:03 -0400
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Re: Is it me or are there many unreliable USB flash drives? not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2016-10-24 21:42 +0000
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Re: Is it me or are there many unreliable USB flash drives? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-10-22 10:05 +1100
Re: Is it me or are there many unreliable USB flash drives? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-10-22 10:03 +1100
Re: Is it me or are there many unreliable USB flash drives? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-20 15:30 +0000
Re: Is it me or are there many unreliable USB flash drives? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2016-10-20 15:02 -0500
Re: Is it me or are there many unreliable USB flash drives? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-20 20:08 +0000
Re: Is it me or are there many unreliable USB flash drives? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-10-19 05:09 +1100
Re: Is it me or are there many unreliable USB flash drives? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2016-10-18 16:48 -0500
Re: Is it me or are there many unreliable USB flash drives? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-10-19 13:32 +1300
Re: Is it me or are there many unreliable USB flash drives? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-18 20:41 -0400
Re: Is it me or are there many unreliable USB flash drives? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-19 00:38 +0000
Re: Is it me or are there many unreliable USB flash drives? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2016-10-18 21:30 -0500
Re: Is it me or are there many unreliable USB flash drives? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-19 15:50 +0000
Re: Is it me or are there many unreliable USB flash drives? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-10-20 05:01 +1100
Re: Is it me or are there many unreliable USB flash drives? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-10-19 16:08 +1100
Re: Is it me or are there many unreliable USB flash drives? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-10-19 16:02 +1100
Re: Is it me or are there many unreliable USB flash drives? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2016-10-19 18:10 -0500
Re: Is it me or are there many unreliable USB flash drives? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-10-20 16:01 +1100
Re: Is it me or are there many unreliable USB flash drives? Ed Light <nobody@nobody.there> - 2016-10-24 16:11 -0700
Re: Is it me or are there many unreliable USB flash drives? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2016-10-24 23:01 -0500
Re: Is it me or are there many unreliable USB flash drives? Ed Light <nobody@nobody.there> - 2016-10-24 16:16 -0700
Re: Is it me or are there many unreliable USB flash drives? Ed Light <nobody@nobody.there> - 2016-10-24 16:19 -0700
Re: Is it me or are there many unreliable USB flash drives? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2016-10-24 23:02 -0500
Re: Is it me or are there many unreliable USB flash drives? Ed Light <nobody@nobody.there> - 2016-10-24 21:38 -0700
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